Eddie Paul Litz
Active Member
I know I saw somewhere online about adding a few rules to the firewall to get Chromecast to work on Ubuntu but I don't remember where I saw it @. Can you guys help me find it & help me get my Chromecast to work please?
Using Chromecast on Ubuntu
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Hi @Eddie Paul Litz - I have just posted to your thread on login problems, I believe we should get that under control first, and then look at this issue, but if someone else has a differing opinion, then by all means go with them 
Do you have your firewall enabled? If you are not sure then at Terminal, type and enter
If it is not, then
will activate it straight away and a small script will run each time you boot/reboot to keep you secure.
When you type in your password at the sudo point there is no movement (security).
Cheers
Wizard
Do you have your firewall enabled? If you are not sure then at Terminal, type and enter
Code:
sudo ufw statusIf it is not, then
Code:
sudo ufw enablewill activate it straight away and a small script will run each time you boot/reboot to keep you secure.
When you type in your password at the sudo point there is no movement (security).
Cheers
Wizard
I've just noticed your thread over here
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390518
... is drawing some responses now. You may wish to stick with them and see how you go.
Cheers
Wizard
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390518
... is drawing some responses now. You may wish to stick with them and see how you go.
Cheers
Wizard
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Eddie Paul Litz
Active Member
Hi @Eddie Paul Litz - I have just posted to your thread on login problems, I believe we should get that under control first, and then look at this issue, but if someone else has a differing opinion, then by all means go with them
Do you have your firewall enabled? If you are not sure then at Terminal, type and enter
Code:sudo ufw status
If it is not, then
Code:sudo ufw enable
will activate it straight away and a small script will run each time you boot/reboot to keep you secure.
When you type in your password at the sudo point there is no movement (security).
Cheers
Wizard
It's showing "Firewall is active and enabled on system startup"
Does that mean I need to reboot for it to be Active?
No, it activated in real time, that is, for the rest of the session you are/were in, and for the future.
Cheers
Wizard
EDIT - just to add - if you type in and enter
... you'll find it says active
Cheers
Wizard
EDIT - just to add - if you type in and enter
Code:
sudo ufw status
Bayou Bengal
Active Member
If your ubuntu is like Mint you will find access to your Firewall settings in the GUI menu.
Mint is based on Ubuntu, but there are big differences between the Desktop Environments (DE's). Eddie is using the standard Gnome Desktop, and having just installed that myself I cannot find any GUI access to the firewall.Yet, UFW is there and can be enabled from the command line as @wizardfromoz showed. That is weird, but I've gone through the Settings pretty carefully. It may be that the Ubuntu MATE (and other editions) would show the UFW Firewall in the GUI Settings.
[EDIT] The GUI interface can be added easily like this:
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gufwCheers
That is so, Stan. I had not noticed it myself because I do not use the GUI tool. It appears that at least as far back as 16.04 (including the 17.10 point releases expiring in July) ... Unity/GNOME does not have it, MATE does. Not sure with Xubuntu/Lubuntu/Studio &c, someone would have to tell us.
Cheers
Wizard
